−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
−Removed: common shares trade on the OTCQX Market under the “WSTRF”
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S
+Added: COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: Market Information
+Added: Our common shares trade on the OTCQX Market
+Added: under the “WSTRF”
trading symbol.
−Removed: common shares are listed for trading in Canada on the CSE under the symbol “WUC”.
−Removed: to our transfer agent, as of April 14, 2020 there were approximately 3,431 holders of record of our common shares.
+Added: Our common shares are listed for trading
+Added: in Canada on the CSE under the symbol “WUC”.
+Added: According to our transfer agent, as of
+Added: April 15, 2021 there were approximately 3,431 holders of record of our common shares.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Western was incorporated
−Removed: in December 2006 under the Ontario Business Corporations Act.
−Removed: During 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding
−Removed: shares of PRM, a Delaware limited liability company.
−Removed: The transaction constituted a reverse takeover of Western by PRM.
−Removed: After obtaining
−Removed: appropriate shareholder approvals, the Company subsequently reconstituted its Board of Director and senior management team and
−Removed: changed its name to Western Uranium Corporation.
−Removed: The Company’s name was changed again in October 2018 to Western Uranium
−Removed: & Vanadium Corp.
−Removed: September 16, 2015, Western completed its acquisition of Black Range, an Australian company that was listed on the Australian
−Removed: Securities Exchange (“ASX”) until the acquisition was completed.
−Removed: Western and Black Range entered into a definitive
−Removed: Merger Implementation Agreement, pursuant to which Western agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Black
−Removed: has registered offices at 330 Bay Street, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2S8 and its common shares are listed on the
−Removed: CSE under the symbol “WUC”
−Removed: and trade on the United States OTCQX Best Market under the ticker symbol “WSTRF.”
−Removed: Its principal business activity is the acquisition and development of uranium/vanadium resource properties principally in the
−Removed: states of Utah and Colorado, in the United States of America.
−Removed: On April 16, 2019, the Company completed a private placement of
−Removed: 3,914,632 units at a price of CAD $0.98 (USD $0.73) per unit for gross proceeds of CAD $3,836,340 (USD $2,856,356).
−Removed: Each unit consisted
−Removed: of one common share and a warrant to purchase one-half of one common share.
−Removed: Each warrant is exercisable at a price of CAD $1.70
−Removed: and expires three years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: On June 17, 2019, the Company completed a private placement of
−Removed: 192,278 units at a price of CAD $0.98 (USD $0.73) per unit for gross proceeds of CAD $188,432 (USD $140,555).
−Removed: Each unit consisted
−Removed: of one common share and a warrant to purchase one-half of one common share.
−Removed: Each warrant is exercisable at a price of CAD $1.70
−Removed: and expires three years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: Separation Licensing
−Removed: During 2016, Western
−Removed: submitted documentation to the CDPHE for a determination ruling regarding the type of license which may be required for the application
−Removed: of Kinetic Separation at the Sunday Mine Complex within the state of Colorado.
−Removed: During May and June of 2016, CDPHE held four public
−Removed: meetings in several cities in Colorado as part of the process.
+Added: Not Applicable
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
+Added: AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: Forward-Looking Statements
+Added: The information disclosed in this annual report, and the information
+Added: incorporated by reference herein, include “forward-looking statements”
+Added: within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
+Added: Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
+Added: Forward-looking
+Added: statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions
+Added: or strategies regarding the future.
+Added: In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future
+Added: events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements.
+Added: The words “anticipate,”
+Added: “believe,”
+Added: “continue,”
+Added: “could,”
+Added: “estimate,”
+Added: “expect,”
+Added: “intend,”
+Added: “may,”
+Added: “might,”
+Added: “plan,”
+Added: “possible,”
+Added: “potential,”
+Added: “predict,”
+Added: “project,”
+Added: “should,”
+Added: “would”
+Added: and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that
+Added: a statement is not forward-looking.
+Added: The forward-looking statements contained or incorporated
+Added: by reference in this quarterly report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential
+Added: effects on us and speak only as of the date of each such statement.
+Added: There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will
+Added: be those that we have anticipated.
+Added: These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond
+Added: our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied
+Added: by these forward-looking statements.
+Added: These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in Item 1A,
+Added: “Risk Factors,”
+Added: and this Item 7 of this annual report.
+Added: Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or
+Added: should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking
+Added: We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
+Added: events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
+Added: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited
+Added: consolidated annual financial statements and footnotes thereto contained in this annual report.
+Added: Western Uranium & Vanadium
+Added: (“Western”
+Added: or the “Company”, formerly Western Uranium Corporation) was incorporated in December 2006
+Added: under the Ontario Business Corporations Act.
+Added: On November 20, 2014, the Company completed a listing process on the Canadian Securities
+Added: Exchange (“CSE”).
+Added: As part of that process, the Company acquired 100% of the members’
+Added: interests of Pinon Ridge Mining
+Added: LLC (“PRM”), a Delaware limited liability company.
+Added: The transaction constituted a reverse takeover (“RTO”)
+Added: of Western by PRM.
+Added: Subsequent to obtaining appropriate shareholder approvals, the Company reconstituted its Board of Directors
+Added: and senior management team.
+Added: Effective September 16, 2015, Western completed its acquisition of Black Range Minerals Limited (“Black
+Added: Range”).
+Added: On August 18, 2014, the Company
+Added: closed on the purchase of certain mining properties in Colorado and Utah from Energy Fuels Holding Corp.
+Added: Assets purchased included
+Added: both owned and leased lands in Utah and Colorado and all represent properties that have been previously mined for uranium to varying
+Added: degrees in the past.
+Added: The acquisition included the purchase of the Sunday Mine Complex.
+Added: The Sunday Mine Complex is located in western
+Added: San Miguel County, Colorado.
+Added: The complex consists of the following five individual mines:
+Added: the Sunday mine, the Carnation mine,
+Added: the Saint Jude mine, the West Sunday mine and the Topaz mine.
+Added: The operation of each of these mines requires a separate permit and
+Added: all such permits have been obtained by Western and are currently valid.
+Added: In addition, each of the mines has good access to a paved
+Added: highway, electric power to existing declines, office/storage/shop and change buildings, and extensive underground haulage development
+Added: with several vent shafts complete with exhaust fans.
+Added: These properties were formerly secured by a first priority interest collateralizing
+Added: a $500,000 promissory note which was paid in full on August 31, 2018 and thus the properties are now held free and clear of encumbrances.
+Added: The Sunday Mine Complex is the Company’s core resource property and was assigned active status effective June 2019.
+Added: On September 16, 2015, Western
+Added: completed its acquisition of Black Range, an Australian company that was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange until the
+Added: acquisition was completed.
+Added: The acquisition terms were pursuant to a definitive Merger Implementation Agreement entered into between
+Added: Western and Black Range.
+Added: Pursuant to the agreement, Western acquired all of the issued shares of Black Range by way of Scheme of
+Added: Arrangement (“the Scheme”) under the Australian Corporation Act 2001 (Cth) (the “Black Range Transaction”),
+Added: with Black Range shareholders being issued common shares of Western on a 1 for 750 basis.
+Added: On August 25, 2015, the Scheme was approved
+Added: by the shareholders of Black Range and on September 4, 2015, Black Range received approval by the Federal Court of Australia.
+Added: addition, Western issued to certain employees, directors and consultants options to purchase Western common shares.
+Added: options were intended to replace Black Range stock options outstanding prior to the Black Range Transaction on the same 1 for 750
+Added: The Company has registered offices
+Added: at 330 Bay Street, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5H 2S8 and its common shares are listed on the CSE under the symbol “WUC”
+Added: and are traded on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol “WSTRF”.
+Added: Its principal business activity is the acquisition
+Added: and development of uranium and vanadium resource properties in the states of Utah and Colorado in the United States of America
+Added: (“United States”).
+Added: Recent Developments
+Added: Kinetic Separation Licensing
+Added: During 2016, the Company submitted
+Added: documentation to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) for a determination ruling regarding
+Added: the type of license which may be required for the application of Kinetic Separation at the Sunday Mine Complex within the state
+Added: During May and June of 2016, CDPHE held four public meetings in several cities in Colorado as part of the process.
On July 22, 2016 CDPHE closed the comment period.
−Removed: In connection
−Removed: with this matter, the CDPHE consulted with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”).
−Removed: In response, the
−Removed: CDPHE received an advisory opinion dated October 16, 2016, which did not contain support for the NRC’s opinion and with
−Removed: which Western’s regulatory counsel does not agree.
−Removed: NRC’s advisory opinion recommends that Kinetic Separation should
−Removed: be regulated as a milling operation but did recognize that there may be exemptions to certain milling regulatory requirements
−Removed: due to the benign nature of the non-uranium bearing sands produced after Kinetic Separation is completed on uranium-bearing ores.
−Removed: On December 1, 2016, the CDPHE issued a determination that the proposed Kinetic Separation operations at the Sunday Mine must
−Removed: be regulated by the CDPHE through a milling license.
−Removed: The 2017/2018 increase in the blended uranium/vanadium price has
−Removed: brought the Company closer to production and the Company’s regulatory counsel prepared significant documentation in preparation
−Removed: for a prospective submission.
−Removed: During 2019, the Company’s regulatory counsel completed and submitted a whitepaper to the NRC.
−Removed: of Intent with Pinon Ridge Mill
−Removed: Company entered into a letter of intent with Pinon Ridge Corporation for use of its Kinetic Separation at the permitted uranium
−Removed: recovery facilities at the Pinon Ridge Mill site.
−Removed: The letter of intent provided for the processing of all of Western’s ore
−Removed: produced by its mines in the region at the mill site to produce U308 and vanadium utilizing both the application of Kinetic Separation
−Removed: and traditional milling techniques, at a cost to be determined in a definitive agreement.
−Removed: The Pinon Ridge Mill license is held
−Removed: by Pinon Ridge Resources Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinon Ridge Corporation, which is owned by Mr.
−Removed: George Glasier,
−Removed: our Chief Executive Officer and a director, Mr.
−Removed: Andrew Wilder, a director, and Mr.
−Removed: Russell Fryer, a former executive chairman
−Removed: and director.
−Removed: On February 22, 2019, the Company and Pinon Ridge Corporation cancelled and released each other from obligations
−Removed: under the letter of intent.
−Removed: Stock Option Plan
−Removed: Company maintains an Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”) which permits the granting of stock options as incentive compensation.
−Removed: See Item 10, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters –
−Removed: Compensation Plan Information,”
−Removed: for more detailed information about the Plan.
−Removed: of Stock Options
−Removed: On February 8, 2018, the Company granted options under the plan
−Removed: for the purchase of an aggregate of 100,000 common shares to a director.
−Removed: The options have an exercise price of CAD $1.00 (US $0.73
−Removed: as of December 31, 2018) and vest one half on the date of grant and one half on December 31, 2018.
−Removed: One half of the options expire
−Removed: on January 31, 2023 and the remaining options expire on December 31, 2023.
−Removed: September 24, 2018, the Company granted options under the plan for the purchase of an aggregate of 983,000 common shares to several
−Removed: officers, directors, and consultants.
−Removed: The options have an exercise price of CAD $2.15 (US $1.58 as of December 31, 2018) and vest
−Removed: equally in three installments on the date of grant, on October 31, 2018, and on March 31, 2019.
−Removed: One third of the options expire
−Removed: on September 24, 2023, one third expire on October 31, 2023, and the remaining one third expire on March 31, 2024.
+Added: In connection with this matter, the CDPHE consulted with the United States Nuclear
+Added: Regulatory Commission (“NRC”).
+Added: In response, the CDPHE received an advisory opinion dated October 16, 2016, which did
+Added: not contain support for the NRC’s opinion and with which the Company’s regulatory counsel does not agree.
+Added: advisory opinion recommended that Kinetic Separation should be regulated as a milling operation but did recognize that there may
+Added: be exemptions to certain milling regulatory requirements because of the benign nature of the non-uranium bearing sands produced
+Added: after Kinetic Separation is completed on uranium-bearing ores.
+Added: On December 1, 2016, the CDPHE issued a determination that the proposed
+Added: Kinetic Separation operations at the Sunday Mine must be regulated by the CDPHE through a milling license.
+Added: The 2018 increase in
+Added: the blended uranium/vanadium price has brought the Company closer to production.
+Added: Beginning in 2017, the Company’s regulatory
+Added: counsel has prepared significant documentation in preparation for a prospective submission.
+Added: On September 13, 2019, the Company’s
+Added: regulatory counsel submitted a white paper to the NRC entitled Recommendations on the Proper Legal and Policy Interpretation for
+Added: Using Kinetic Separation Processes at Uranium Mine Sites.
+Added: On July 24, 2020, the NRC staff responded with a letter in support of
+Added: the original conclusion;
+Added: Western’s regulatory counsel is evaluating alternatives.
+Added: Letter of Intent with Pinon Ridge Mill
+Added: The Company entered into a letter of intent with Pinon Ridge
+Added: Corporation for use of its Kinetic Separation at the permitted uranium recovery facilities at the Pinon Ridge Mill site.
+Added: of intent provided for the processing of all of Western’s ore produced by its mines in the region at the mill site to produce
+Added: U308 and vanadium utilizing both the application of Kinetic Separation and traditional milling techniques, at a cost to be determined
+Added: in a definitive agreement.
+Added: The Pinon Ridge Mill license is held by Pinon Ridge Resources Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary
+Added: of Pinon Ridge Corporation, which is owned by Mr.
+Added: George Glasier, our Chief Executive Officer and a director, Mr.
+Added: Andrew Wilder,
+Added: a director, and Mr.
+Added: Russell Fryer, a former executive chairman and director.
+Added: On February 22, 2019, the Company and Pinon Ridge
+Added: Corporation cancelled and released each other from obligations under the letter of intent.
+Added: Incentive Stock Option Plan
+Added: The Company maintains an Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”)
+Added: which permits the granting of stock options as incentive compensation.
+Added: See Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
+Added: and Management and Related Stockholder Matters –
+Added: Equity Compensation Plan Information,”
+Added: for more detailed information about
+Added: Sunday Mine Complex Vanadium Project Supplementary Requirements
+Added: On June 18, 2019, The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and
+Added: Safety (CDRMS) issued a letter indicating limited supplementary requirements prior to the removal of material (ore) from the Sunday Mine
+Added: Complex underground workings and further offsite handling.
+Added: In a follow-up meeting on Monday, August 5, 2019, the Company agreed to construct
+Added: an ore pad on the surface before stockpiling or storing ore outside the mine and acquire certification that the storm drainage system
+Added: was constructed in accordance with the existing plan prior to the removal of ore from the SMC.
+Added: On August 15, 2019, the Company sent a
+Added: response letter to CDRMS providing the requested additional information regarding the reopening of the Sunday Mine Complex mines.
+Added: 18, 2019, the CDRMS issued a letter indicating that activities at the Sunday Mines did not meet the definition of a “Mining Operation”
+Added: and thus at that time, the Division did not consider the permits in active status.
+Added: In the letter, CDRMS reiterated that prior to the removal
+Added: of ore material from the mines and upgrading to an active status, the CDRMS surface requirements needed to be completed, inspected and
+Added: accepted by CDRMS.
+Added: The CDRMS further noted requirements that would apply to Western’s proposed off-site kinetic separation test
+Added: On April 9, 2020, CDRMS issued a letter acknowledging that the Construction Completion Reports and As-Built Certifications for
+Added: the ore storage pads have been reviewed and accepted.
+Added: It was further noted that prior to ore being removed and placed on the ore pad an
+Added: inspection would still need to be completed, but due to COVID-19 the CDRMS staff were subject to a no-travel policy under the Governor’s
+Added: Stay-at-Home Order.
+Added: Hence, CDRMS offered an alternative remote procedure requiring extensive photo documentation and a signed affidavit
+Added: from both the manufacturer and installation crew certifying that the ore pad liner was installed in accordance with the approved Environmental
+Added: Protection Plan.
+Added: Additional requirements included the submission of a comprehensive hydrogeology report and completion of the Sunday Mine
+Added: Complex MLRB permit hearing process.
+Added: With this approval, Western has now completed every project, study, and submission stipulated as
+Added: required under the existing Environmental Protection Plan by CDMRS, and all submissions have been made.
+Added: The hydrogeology report is currently
+Added: being reviewed by CDMRS and approval is needed to conduct mining activities below the static groundwater level or to affect ground or
+Added: surface waters.
+Added: The Company is working toward the completion of an updated Plan of Operations, which is required for resumption of mining
+Added: activities at the Topaz Mine.
+Added: Sunday Mine Complex Permitting Status
+Added: On February 4, 2020, the Colorado DRMS sent a Notice of Hearing to
+Added: Declare Termination of Mining Operations related to the status of the mining permits issued by the state of Colorado for the Sunday Mine
+Added: At issue is the application of an unchallenged Colorado Court of Appeals Opinion for a separate mine (Van 4) with very different
+Added: facts that are retroactively modifying DRMS rules and regulations.
+Added: The Company maintains that it was timely in meeting existing rules
+Added: and regulations.
+Added: The hearing was scheduled to be held during several monthly MLRB Board meetings, but this matter has been delayed several
+Added: The permit hearing was held during the MLRB Board monthly meeting on July 22, 2020.
+Added: At issue was the status of the five existing
+Added: permits which comprise the Sunday Mine Complex.
+Added: Due to COVID restrictions, the hearing took place utilizing a virtual-only format.
+Added: Company prevailed in a 3 to 1 decision which acknowledged that the work completed at the Sunday Mines under DRMS oversight was timely
+Added: and sufficient for Western to maintain these permits.
+Added: In a subsequent July 30, 2020 letter, the DRMS notified the Company that the status
+Added: of the five permits (Sunday, West Sunday, St.
+Added: Jude, Carnation, and Topaz) had been changed to Active status effective June 10, 2019, the
+Added: original date on which the change of the status was approved.
+Added: On August 23, 2020, the Company initiated a request for temporary cessation
+Added: status for the Sunday Mine Complex as the mines had not be restarted within a 180-day window due to the direct and indirect impacts of
+Added: the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Accordingly, a permit hearing was scheduled for October 21, 2020 to determine temporary cessation status.
+Added: unanimous vote, the MLRB approved temporary cessation status for each of the five Sunday Mine Complex permits (Sunday, West Sunday, St.
+Added: Jude, Carnation, and Topaz).
+Added: On October 9, 2020, the MLRB issued a board order which finalized the findings of the July 22, 2020 permit
+Added: On November 10, 2020, the MLRB issued a board order which finalized the findings of the October 21, 2020 permit hearing.
+Added: 6, 2020, the MLRB signed an order placing the five Sunday Mine Complex mine permits into Temporary Cessation.
+Added: On November 12, 2020, a
+Added: coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint against the MLRB seeking a partial appeal of the July 22, 2020 decision by requesting
+Added: termination of the Topaz Mine permit.
+Added: On December 15, 2020, the same coalition of environmental groups amended their complaint against
+Added: the MLRB seeking a partial appeal of the October 21, 2020 decision requesting termination of the Topaz Mine permit.
+Added: The Company has joined
+Added: with the MLRB in defense of their July 22, 2020 and October 21, 2020 decisions.
+Added: According to the judicial review timetable, an opening
+Added: brief and answer brief will be filed with the Denver District Court during second quarter 2021.
+Added: Van 4 Mine Permitting Status
+Added: A prior owner of the Van 4 Mine had been
+Added: granted a first Temporary Cessation from reclamation of the mine by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (“MLRB”)
+Added: which was set to expire June 23, 2017.
+Added: Prior to its expiration, PRM formally requested an extension through a second Temporary
+Added: PRM subsequently participated in a public process which culminated in a hearing on July 26, 2017.
+Added: Prior to the hearing,
+Added: three non-profit organizations who pursue environmental and conservation objectives filed a brief objecting to the extension.
+Added: MLRB board members voted to grant a second five-year Temporary Cessation for the Van 4 Mine.
+Added: Thereafter, the three objecting parties
+Added: filed a lawsuit on September 18, 2017.
+Added: The MLRB was named as the defendant and PRM was named as a party to the case due to the
+Added: Colorado law requirement that any lawsuit filed after a hearing must include all of the parties in the proceeding.
+Added: The plaintiff
+Added: organizations are seeking for the court to set aside the board order granting a second five-year Temporary Cessation period to
+Added: PRM for the Van 4 Mine.
+Added: The Colorado state Attorney General was defending this action in the Denver Colorado District Court.
+Added: May 8, 2018, the Denver Colorado District Court ruled in favor, whereby the additional five-year temporary cessation period was
+Added: The Plaintiffs appealed this ruling to the Colorado Court of Appeals and on July 25, 2019 the ruling was reversed, ruling
+Added: that the additional five-year temporary cessation period should not have been granted.
+Added: The MLRB and the Colorado Attorney General advised Western that it
+Added: will not make an additional appeal of the ruling.
+Added: Further, the time period for an appeal has passed.
+Added: The Judge has subsequently issued
+Added: an instruction for the MLRB to issue an order revoking the permit and putting the Van 4 Mine into reclamation.
+Added: On January 22, 2020, the
+Added: MLRB held a hearing and on March 2, 2020, the MLRB issued an order vacating the Van 4 Temporary Cessation, revoking the permit and ordered
+Added: commencement of final reclamation, which must be completed within five (5) years.
+Added: The Company commenced reclamation of the Van 4 Mine
+Added: but progress has been delayed both by COVID-19 restrictions and countywide fire and open flame restrictions.
+Added: The reclamation cost is fully
+Added: covered by the reclamation bonds posted upon acquisition of the property.
+Added: Warrant Extension for Warrants issued in 2018 Private Placement
+Added: On April 20, 2020, the Company announced the extension by nine months
+Added: of the common share purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) issued to investors in non-brokered private placements that closed
+Added: on May 4, June 30, and August 9, 2018 (the “2018 Private Placements”) and the amendment of the trigger price in the acceleration
+Added: clause of each Warrant.
+Added: A total of 2,671,116 Warrants were amended.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 178-20-35-3, the
+Added: Company must record a warrant modification expense to account for the effects of these amendments to the original terms.
+Added: 8 for more information.
+Added: Each Warrant originally entitled the holder to purchase one common
+Added: share in the capital of the Company at a price of $1.15 CAD at any time prior to May 4, June 30, and August 9, 2020, respectively.
+Added: of these dates was extended by nine months such that the Warrants expired or will expire on February 4, April 30, and May 9, 2021, respectively.
+Added: Additionally, each Warrant originally contained an acceleration clause that allowed the Company to accelerate the expiration date of the
+Added: warrant if the closing price of the Company’s common shares was equal to or greater than $2.50 CAD for a period of five consecutive
+Added: trading dates.
+Added: The Company is amending this clause by lowering the trigger price from $2.50 CAD to $1.83 CAD.
+Added: The Company performed a
+Added: Black-Scholes analysis to determine the fair value of the Warrants using the pre-modification terms and the post-modification terms on
+Added: the date of modification.
+Added: Based on the Company’s analysis performed, the Company recorded a warrant modification expense of $639,012
+Added: on April 20, 2020.
+Added: Uranium Section 232 Investigation/Nuclear Fuel Working Group
+Added: In the United States, an investigation
+Added: under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (U.S) was undertaken by the U.S Department of Commerce (“DoC”)
+Added: in 2018 to assess the impact to national security of the importation of the vast majority of uranium utilized by the ~100 operative
+Added: civilian nuclear reactors within the United States.
+Added: In response to the Section 232 report, the White House disseminated a Presidential
+Added: Memoranda in July 2019.
+Added: At that time, President Trump formed the Nuclear Fuel Working Group (“NFWG”) to find solutions
+Added: for reviving and expanding domestic nuclear fuel production and reinvigorating recommendations.
+Added: As a first step in addressing this
+Added: issue, President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget included a $150 million line item each year for the next decade to establish
+Added: a Uranium Reserve.
+Added: Thereafter, U.S.
+Added: Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette
+Added: stated that the Department of Energy (“DoE”) was preparing to release the NFWG report in early March 2020.
+Added: This announcement
+Added: was made prior to the coronavirus contagion which has delayed the report release.
+Added: In parallel, Congress has requested that the
+Added: DoE prepare a report on Key Challenges in Reconstituting Uranium Mining and Conversion Capabilities in the United States.
+Added: deadline for industry to supply responses to the Request For Information launched by DoE was March 30, 2020.
+Added: Western continued
+Added: to participate in the process and made an RFI submission.
+Added: On April 23, 2020, the DoE released the
+Added: NFWG report entitled “Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Energy Advantage –
+Added: A strategy to assure U.S.
+Added: security”.
+Added: The report outlines a strategy for the reestablishment of critical capabilities and direct support to the front
+Added: end of the U.S.
+Added: domestic nuclear fuel cycle.
+Added: The Summary of Measures included the following which could benefit U.S.
+Added: uranium miners:
+Added: direct purchases of uranium by establishing a Uranium Reserve, ending DoE’s program which barters uranium and re-evaluates
+Added: DoE’s Excess Uranium Inventory Management Policy, creating a level playing field for all energy sources in power markets,
+Added: streamlining regulatory reform and land access for uranium dumping in the U.S.
+Added: The NFWG finding and recommendations presented
+Added: by the DoE are a positive outcome for U.S.
+Added: uranium miners;
+Added: however, the ultimate outcome and timing remains uncertain as this is
+Added: a continuing process requiring approvals and budget appropriation from Congress and implementation by U.S.
+Added: government agencies.
+Added: Presently, Western is one of the very few uranium companies holding previously producing, permitted, and developed mines in the
+Added: United States and thus well positioned to benefit in the short-term from a favorable determination.
+Added: Implementation of the NFWG recommendations remains an ongoing process.
+Added: During July 2020, the U.S.
+Added: House Committee on Appropriations has decided not to provide $150 million uranium reserve funding for fiscal
+Added: Instead the DoE was given 180 days to develop and submit the uranium reserve plan.
+Added: Subsequently, Senator Barrasso introduced a bill
+Added: into the U.S.
+Added: Senate entitled the “The American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 and Representatives Latta and Cheney introduced
+Added: a bill to the U.S.
+Added: House entitled the Nuclear Prosperity and Security Act.
+Added: These bills implement the key provisions of the NFWG report’s
+Added: recommendations;
+Added: both include the creation of a national uranium reserve.
+Added: In parallel, the preparation of a Congressional report by the
+Added: DoE on Key Challenges in Reconstituting Uranium Mining and Conversion Capabilities in the United States remains ongoing and is anticipated
+Added: to be imminently completed for the U.S.
+Added: In November 2020, Post-U.S.
+Added: election, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released its
+Added: funding measures and allocations recommending the creation and funding of the American Uranium Reserve.
+Added: In October 2020, the DoC extended
+Added: the Russian Suspension Agreement for an additional 20 years until 2040.
+Added: Existing categories of quotas on imports of Russian uranium into
+Added: were reduced by a graduated scale and additional provisions were modified to eliminate loopholes.
+Added: An extension of this agreement
+Added: was among the NFWG’s recommendations.
+Added: In further implementation of the report’s recommendations, the DoE made multiple investment
+Added: awards to companies advancing new nuclear technologies.
+Added: TerraPower and X-energy received awards to build demonstration models of their
+Added: advanced reactor designs and NuScale received support to deploy the first U.S.
+Added: small modular reactor (“SMR”) plan comprised
+Added: of 12 modules at the Idaho National Laboratory.
+Added: The International Development Finance Corp.
+Added: signed a letter of intent to finance NuScale’s
+Added: development of 42 SMR modules in South Africa.
+Added: In an acknowledgement of the future growth potential of new nuclear technologies, the U.S.
+Added: government has increased its industry support to a level not seen in decades, this is being done to level the playing field versus state-sponsored
+Added: foreign entities.
+Added: In December 2020, the U.S.Congress passed the COVID-Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill, which included $75 million for
+Added: the establishment of a strategic U.S.
+Added: Uranium Reserve.
+Added: Department of Energy (DOE) is working on establishing the parameters of
+Added: There will be a different outcome as a President Biden appointed Secretary of Energy transitioned into leading DOE and the
+Added: focus has shifted toward climate change.
+Added: Vanadium Section 232 Investigation
+Added: In the United States, a petition for an investigation under Section
+Added: 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (U.S) was requested by two domestic companies in November 2019.
+Added: On June 2, 2020, the U.S.
+Added: of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, initiated an investigation into whether the present quantities or circumstances of vanadium imports into the
+Added: United States threaten to impair the national security.
+Added: The initiation of this investigation created a 270 day window, which lasts until
+Added: February 2021, to compile and deliver a report to the President of the United States.
+Added: The Section 232 National Security Investigation
+Added: of Imports of Vanadium was concluded and a report submitted to President Biden on February 22, 2021.
+Added: The President has 90 days to decide
+Added: if he concurs with the findings and recommendations and determine whether to take an action to mitigate the impairment of national security.
+Added: As a remedy, the petitioners requested a 40% tariff on vanadium imports from all sources and the establishment of a stockpiling program.
+Added: Separate tariff rate quotas were requested for refined vanadium products.
+Added: Western has submitted survey data and continues to support this
+Added: investigation and remedies that level the playing field for U.S.
+Added: domestic producers versus foreign state-sponsored competitors.
+Added: Paycheck Protection Program Loan
+Added: On May 6, 2020, the Company obtained the
+Added: PPP Loan of $73,116.
+Added: The loan had a fixed interest rate of 1%, required the Company to make seventeen (17) monthly payments, after
+Added: a seven months deferral period, and had a maturity date of May 6, 2022.
+Added: The entirety of the loan principal was eligible for forgiveness
+Added: to the extent that the proceeds are utilized toward permissible expenditures within the initial period.
+Added: On December 2, 2020, the
+Added: Company received notice from the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Association that the entire PPP Loan balance and accrued interest would be
+Added: forgiven in full on such date.
+Added: The Company recorded the loan forgiveness as other income in the Company’s consolidated statement
+Added: of operations.
COVID-19 Coronavirus
−Removed: In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, was reported
−Removed: to have surfaced in Wuhan, China.
−Removed: Since then, the COVID-19 coronavirus has spread to multiple countries, including the United States
−Removed: As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in the United States and Canada, we may experience disruptions
−Removed: that could severely impact our business.
−Removed: The global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to rapidly evolve.
−Removed: to which the COVID-19 coronavirus may impact our business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot
−Removed: be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions
−Removed: and social distancing in the United States, Canada and other countries, business closures or business disruptions and the effectiveness
−Removed: of actions taken in the United States, Canada and other countries to contain and treat the disease.
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2019 as Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2018
−Removed: following table presents the Company’s financial results for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: For the Year Ended
+Added: In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus,
+Added: COVID-19, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China.
+Added: Since then, the COVID- 19 coronavirus has spread to multiple countries,
+Added: including the United States and Canada.
+Added: As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in the United States and Canada, we may
+Added: experience disruptions that could severely impact our business.
+Added: The global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to evolve
+Added: The extent to which the COVID-19 coronavirus may impact our business will depend on future developments, which are highly
+Added: uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak,
+Added: travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States, Canada and other countries, business closures or business disruptions
+Added: and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States, Canada and other countries to contain and treat the disease.
+Added: Year Ended December 31, 2020 as Compared to the Year Ended
+Added: December 31, 2019
+Added: The following table presents the Company’s financial results
+Added: for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: For the Years Ended
Lease revenue
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Interest expense, net
−Removed: before income taxes
−Removed: Other Comprehensive loss
−Removed: Foreign exchange gain
−Removed: Comprehensive
−Removed: $ (2,066,741 )
−Removed: $ (2,038,501 )
−Removed: per share - basic and diluted
−Removed: consolidated net loss for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $2,110,227 and $2,044,199 or $0.07 and $0.09 per share,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: The principal components of these year over year changes are discussed below.
−Removed: comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $2,066,741 and $2,038,501, respectively.
−Removed: revenue for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $44,620 and $48,245, respectively.
−Removed: The revenue in 2019 resulted from
−Removed: lease revenue pursuant to a July 18, 2017 oil and gas lease agreement, February 2, 2018 pipeline easement, and July 1, 2018 right-of-way
−Removed: This revenue is derived from a non-core property acquired in the Black Range Minerals acquisition.
−Removed: The counterparties
−Removed: are from the oil and gas industry.
+Added: Warrant modification expense
+Added: Gain on forgiveness of debt
+Added: Other Comprehensive income (expense)
+Added: Foreign exchange (loss) gain
+Added: Comprehensive Loss
+Added: Net loss per share - basic and diluted
+Added: Our consolidated net loss for the years ended December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019 was $2,392,890 and $2,110,227 or $0.08 and $0.07 per share, respectively.
+Added: The principal components of these year over
+Added: year changes are discussed below.
+Added: Our comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019 was $2,503,750 and $2,066,741, respectively.
+Added: Our revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was
+Added: $54,620 and $44,620, respectively.
+Added: This revenue resulted from lease revenue pursuant to a July 2017 oil and gas lease agreement,
+Added: which was extended for an additional three years in 2020, February 2018 pipeline easement, and July 2018 right-of-way agreement.
+Added: This revenue is derived from the Weld County Colorado (DJ-Basin) oil and gas property acquired in the Black Range Minerals acquisition.
+Added: Mining Expenditures
Mining expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2020 were
$393,182 as compared to $466,117 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase in mining expenditures of $288,402, or 162.3% was principally
−Removed: attributable to a $332,778 increase in mining expense and mine services for the Sunday Mine Complex Vanadium Project, of which
−Removed: included $210,000 paid to a mining contractor.
−Removed: The gross increase was net of a year-over-year $11,050 decrease in labor and $20,000
−Removed: lost security deposit in the Pinon Ridge Mill transaction.
−Removed: Professional fees for the year ended December 31, 2019 were $362,698
−Removed: as compared to $426,020 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The decrease in professional fees of $63,322, or 14.9% was principally
−Removed: due to a decrease in legal services costs of $27,191, while third-party investor relations fees decreased an additional $75,809
−Removed: but was offset by a net addition of advisors that increased professional fees increase by $25,406.
−Removed: and Administrative
+Added: The decrease in mining expenditures of $72,935, or 15.6%
+Added: was principally attributable to the Sunday Mine Complex project’s disproportionately larger exploration, development, and
+Added: mining expenditures during 2019 versus the surface infrastructure portion of the projects conducted during 2020.
+Added: Professional Fees
+Added: Professional fees for the year ended December 31, 2020 were $299,908 as
+Added: compared to $362,698 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The decrease in professional fees of $62,790, or 17.3% was due to a $31,123
+Added: decrease in professional services utilization and $21,890 decrease in investor relations expenditure.
+Added: General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020
were 1,136,049 as compared to $1,122,591 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The decrease in general and administrative
−Removed: expense of $129,743, or 10.4% is due to a decrease in stock-based compensation of $229,819 as there were not a stock option awards
−Removed: in the fourth quarter during the current year but was in the prior year.
−Removed: There was also a $75,809 decrease in investor relations
−Removed: costs during the current year as this capital was deployed in offsetting project costs.
−Removed: There was a $140,555 increase in payroll,
−Removed: $28,319 increase in utilities, and $12,315 increase in insurance in 2019 related to the Sunday Mine Complex Vanadium Project.
−Removed: fees for the year ended December 31, 2019 were $138,096 as compared to $200,251 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: in consulting fees of $62,155, or 31% was principally related to a decrease in consultant utilization and former consultant compensation
−Removed: being moved onto payroll.
−Removed: expense, net, for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $65,345 as compared to $36,124 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: increase of interest expense, net, of $29,221, or 80.9% was attributable to recognizing $55,207 of reclamation liabilities as
−Removed: current during the 2019 for the Van 4 mine reclamation.
−Removed: Offsetting this amount was the impact of full repayment of previously
−Removed: outstanding promissory notes during 2018.
−Removed: Foreign exchange gain for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $43,486
+Added: The increase in general and administrative expense of $13,458,
+Added: or 1.2% is due to a $87,581 increase in payroll and stock based compensation, offset by a $53,160 decrease due to reduced 2020 travel
+Added: and convention expenditures and $25,373 in reduced utilities costs from not having the mines open during 2020.
+Added: Consulting Fees
+Added: Consulting fees for the year ended December 31, 2020 were $39,137
as compared to $138,096 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase of the foreign exchange gain of $37,788, or 663.2% is
−Removed: primarily due to the Canadian Dollar weakening against the U.S.
−Removed: Dollar during the current year while holding cash balances in Canadian
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: Company’s cash balance as of December 31, 2019 was $2,084,782.
−Removed: The Company’s cash position is highly dependent on
−Removed: its ability to raise capital through the issuance of debt and equity and its management of expenditures for mining development
−Removed: and for fulfillment of its public company reporting responsibilities.
−Removed: Management believes that in order to finance the development
−Removed: of the mining properties and Kinetic Separation, the Company will be required to raise additional capital by way of debt and/or
−Removed: The Company could potentially require additional capital in 2020 if the scope of the Sunday Mine Complex expands.
−Removed: outlook is based on the Company’s current financial position and is subject to change if opportunities become available
−Removed: based on current exploration program results and/or external opportunities.
−Removed: cash used in operating activities
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was $1,784,544 for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2019, as compared with $1,645,265 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Of the $1,784,544 in net cash used in
−Removed: operating activities, $2,110,227 is derived from our net loss before non-cash adjustments.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019,
−Removed: $106,017 represented an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, $5,800 represented an increase in prepaid expenses,
−Removed: and $180,269 represented non-cash stock based compensation.
−Removed: cash used in investing activities
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company purchased $71,042 in property and equipment.
−Removed: This capital expenditure represents
−Removed: the initiation of expenditures needed to re-open the Sunday Mine Complex.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company
−Removed: purchased $36,502 in property and equipment.
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $2,996,911 as compared to $2,265,499 for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2019, the net cash provided by financing activities consisted of $2,996,911
−Removed: from the issuance of common shares, net of offering costs.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2018, the net cash provided by financing
−Removed: activities consisted of $500,000 payment of the EFHC Note, $2,703,331 for the issuance of common shares, net of offering costs,
−Removed: and $62,168 of proceeds from the exercise of warrants.
−Removed: The Company’s mines are subject to certain asset retirement
−Removed: obligations, which the Company has recorded as reclamation liabilities.
−Removed: The reclamation liabilities of the United States mines
−Removed: are subject to legal and regulatory requirements, and estimates of the costs of reclamation are reviewed periodically by the applicable
−Removed: regulatory authorities.
−Removed: The reclamation liability represents the Company’s best estimate of the present value of future reclamation
−Removed: costs in connection with the mineral properties.
−Removed: The Company determined the gross reclamation liabilities of the mineral properties
−Removed: as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, to be approximately $897,662 and $889,030, respectively.
−Removed: During the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019 and 2018, the accretion of the reclamation liabilities was $69,583 and $11,030, respectively.
−Removed: On March 2, 2020,
−Removed: the MLRB issued an order vacating the Van 4 Temporary Cessation, terminating mining operations and ordering commencement of final
−Removed: The Company has begun preparations for the reclamation of the Van 4 Mine.
−Removed: The reclamation cost is fully covered by
−Removed: the reclamation bonds posted upon acquisition of the property.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company adjusted the
−Removed: fair value of its reclamation obligation and for the Van 4 Mine.
+Added: The decrease in consulting fees of $98,959, or 71.7% was principally
+Added: due to the Company’s reduced utilization of consultants during the current period.
+Added: Interest Expense, net
+Added: Interest expense, net, for the year ended December 31, 2020
+Added: was $13,338 as compared to $65,345 for the years ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The decrease of interest expense, net, of $52,007 was
+Added: due to the acceleration of amortization expense in 2019 on the Van 4 Mine as it was placed into reclamation.
+Added: Warrant Modification Expense
+Added: Warrant modification expense for the year ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 was $639,012 as compared to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The increase in warrant modification expense relates
+Added: to the Company’s decision on April 20, 2020 to extend warrants issued to investors during various 2018 private placements
+Added: and amend the trigger price in the acceleration clause for each tranche of warrants, resulting in a warrant modification expense
+Added: Gain on Forgiveness of Debt
+Added: Gain on forgiveness of debt for the year ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 was $73,116 as compared to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The gain on forgiveness of debt relates to the Company
+Added: having its PPP Loan forgiven by the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Association in December 2020.
+Added: Foreign Exchange
+Added: Foreign exchange (loss) gain for the year ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 was $(110,860) as compared to $43,486 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The increase of the foreign exchange loss of $154,346
+Added: is primarily due to a swing from a gain in 2019 to a loss in 2020 from holding cash balances in Canadian Dollars and the translation
+Added: loss from using United Stated Dollars as the reporting currency.
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: The Company’s cash balance as of December 31, 2020 was
+Added: The Company’s cash position is highly dependent on its ability to raise capital through the issuance of debt and
+Added: equity and its management of expenditures for mining development and for fulfillment of its public company reporting responsibilities.
+Added: Management believes that in order to finance the development of the mining properties and Kinetic Separation, the Company will
+Added: be required to raise additional capital by way of debt and/or equity.
+Added: The Company could potentially require additional capital
+Added: in 2021 if the scope of the Sunday Mine Complex expands.
+Added: This outlook is based on the Company’s current financial position
+Added: and is subject to change if opportunities become available based on current exploration program results and/or external opportunities.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was $1,513,626 for the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2020, as compared with $1,784,544 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Of the $1,513,626 in net cash
+Added: used in operating activities, $2,392,890 is derived from our net loss before non-cash adjustments.
+Added: During the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020, $10,628 represented an increase in depreciation, $15,712 represented an increase in accretion of reclamation liability,
+Added: $73,116 represented a gain on forgiveness of debt, $204,808 represented an increase in stock based compensation, $639,012 represented
+Added: an increase in warrant modification expense, $67,029 represented an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets, $110,543
+Added: represented a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses, and $125,380 represented an increase in deferred revenue.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities was $0 for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020, as compared with $71,042 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: This capital expenditure in 2019 represents the
+Added: initiation of expenditures needed to re-open the Sunday Mine Complex.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities for the years ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $73,116 and $2,996,911, respectively.
+Added: The Company applied for and received $73,116 in the form
+Added: of a PPP Loan on May 6, 2020 from the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Association, as discussed above, which was forgiven on December 2, 2020.
+Added: Reclamation Liability
+Added: The Company’s mines are subject to
+Added: certain asset retirement obligations, which the Company has recorded as reclamation liabilities.
+Added: The reclamation liabilities of
+Added: the United States mines are subject to legal and regulatory requirements, and estimates of the costs of reclamation are reviewed
+Added: periodically by the applicable regulatory authorities.
+Added: The reclamation liability represents the Company’s best estimate of
+Added: the present value of future reclamation costs in connection with the mineral properties.
+Added: The Company determined the gross reclamation
+Added: liabilities of the mineral properties as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, to be approximately $906,811 and $897,662, respectively.
+Added: On March 2, 2020, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (“MLRB”) issued an order vacating the Van 4 Temporary Cessation,
+Added: terminating mining operations and ordering commencement of final reclamation.
+Added: The Company has begun the reclamation of the Van
+Added: The reclamation cost is fully covered by the reclamation bonds posted upon acquisition of the property.
+Added: The Company adjusted
+Added: the fair value of its reclamation obligation for the Van 4 Mine.
The portion of the reclamation liability related to the Van 4
Mine, and its related restricted cash are included in current liabilities, and current assets, respectively, at a value of $75,057.
−Removed: The Company expects to begin incurring the remaining reclamation liabilities after 2054 and accordingly, has discounted the gross
−Removed: liabilities over their remaining lives using a discount rate of 5.4% to net discounted aggregated values as of December 31, 2019
−Removed: and December 31, 2018 of $294,228 and $224,645, respectively.
−Removed: The gross reclamation liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and 2018
−Removed: are secured by certificates of deposit in the amount of $897,662 and $889,030, respectively.
−Removed: Additionally on February 4, 2020,
−Removed: the Colorado DRMS sent a Notice of Hearing to Declare Termination of Mining Operations to Western for the Sunday Mine Complex.
−Removed: At issue is the application of an unchallenged Colorado Court of Appeals Opinion for a separate mine, with very different facts
−Removed: that is retroactively modifying DRMS rules and regulations.
−Removed: The Company maintains that it was timely in meeting existing rules
−Removed: and regulations.
−Removed: The formal hearing wa s scheduled to be held during the April 22-23, 2020
−Removed: MLRB Board meeting, which has now been moved to the May 13-14, 2020 MLRB Board meeting due to the impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
−Removed: and Gas Lease and Easement
−Removed: July 18, 2017, an oil and gas lease became effective with respect to minerals and mineral rights owned by the Company of approximately
−Removed: 160 surface acres of the Company’s property in Colorado.
−Removed: As consideration for entering into the lease, the Company received
−Removed: $120,000 during the third quarter of 2017.
−Removed: The lease will be in force for an initial term of three years and may be extended by
−Removed: the lessee at 150% of the initial rate.
−Removed: The lessee has also agreed to pay the Company a royalty of 18.75% of the lessee’s
−Removed: revenue attributed to oil and gas produced, saved, and sold attributable to the net mineral interest.
−Removed: The Company is recognizing
−Removed: the initial payment incrementally over the term of the lease.
+Added: The Company expects to begin incurring the reclamation liability after 2054 for all mines that are not in reclamation and accordingly,
+Added: has discounted the gross liabilities over their remaining lives using a discount rate of 5.4% to net discounted aggregated values
+Added: as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 of $309,940 and $294,228, respectively.
+Added: The gross reclamation liabilities as of December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019 are secured by financial warrantees in the amount of $906,811 and $897,662, respectively.
+Added: Oil and Gas Lease and Easement
+Added: On July 18, 2017, an oil and gas lease became effective with
+Added: respect to minerals and mineral rights owned by the Company of approximately 160 surface acres of the Company’s property
+Added: As consideration for entering into the lease, the Company received $120,000 during the third quarter of 2017.
+Added: lease will be in force for an initial term of three years and may be extended by the lessee at 150% of the initial rate.
+Added: has also agreed to pay the Company a royalty of 18.75% of the lessee’s revenue attributed to oil and gas produced, saved,
+Added: and sold attributable to the net mineral interest.
+Added: The Company is recognizing the initial payment incrementally over the term of
On February 26, 2018, the Company entered into a further agreement
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of the easement.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized aggregate revenue of $44,620 and $48,245, respectively, under
−Removed: these oil and gas lease arrangements.
−Removed: Party Transactions
−Removed: Company has transacted with related parties pursuant to service arrangements in the ordinary course of business, as follows:
+Added: On June 23, 2020, the same entity discussed above elected to
+Added: extend the oil and gas lease easement for three additional years commencing on the date the lease would have previously expired.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company
+Added: recognized aggregate revenue of $54,620 and $44,620, respectively, under these oil and gas lease arrangements.
+Added: In early 2020, Bison Oil & Gas traded this lease to Mallard Exploration
+Added: (“Mallard”).
+Added: Mallard subsequently filed an application with the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC”)
+Added: to update the permitting to create a new pooled unit.
+Added: In late 2020, Mallard began development of the pooled unit.
+Added: 31, 2021, the drilling portion of the project had been completed for the eight horizontal wells named Blue Teal Fed.
+Added: Seven wells were
+Added: drilled to a 2.5 miles lateral length and one well was drilled to a 3.0 mile lateral length.
+Added: These DJ-Basin wells target the Niobrara
+Added: During May 2021, Mallard will commence the well completion stage, fracking, and flow back.
+Added: Despite some weather delays over
+Added: the winter, the Operations Plan remains close to schedule and production is projected to commence during the third quarter of 2021.
+Added: production, the Company will receive a net royalty of 1/16th.
+Added: Related Party Transactions
+Added: The Company has transacted with related parties pursuant to
+Added: service arrangements in the ordinary course of business, as follows:
Prior to the acquisition of Black Range, Mr.
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In connection with the transfer, Black Range issued 25 million shares of Black Range
−Removed: common shares to Seller and committed to pay AUD $500,000 (USD $351,099 as of December 31, 2019) to Seller within 60 days of the
+Added: common stock to Seller and committed to pay AUD $500,000 (USD $392,086 as of December 31, 2020) to Seller within 60 days of the
first commercial application of the Kinetic Separation.
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contingent consideration as an assumed liability in the amount of $392,086 and $351,099 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Company has incurred continuing losses from its operations and as of December 31, 2019, the Company had an accumulated deficit
−Removed: of $8,694,569 and working capital of $1,678,747.
−Removed: inception, the Company has met its liquidity requirements principally through the issuance of notes and the sale of its common
−Removed: Company’s ability to continue its operations and to pay its obligations when they become due is contingent upon the Company
−Removed: obtaining additional financing.
−Removed: Management’s plans include seeking to procure additional funds through debt and equity financings,
−Removed: to secure regulatory approval to fully utilize its Kinetic Separation and to initiate the processing of ore to generate operating
−Removed: are no assurances that the Company will be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company or at all, or that cash flows
−Removed: generated from its operations will be sufficient to meet its current operating costs and required debt service.
−Removed: If the Company
−Removed: is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, it may be required to reduce the scope of its planned product development,
−Removed: which could harm its financial condition and operating results, or it may not be able to continue to fund its ongoing operations.
−Removed: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern to sustain operations
−Removed: for at least one year from the issuance of the accompanying financial statements.
−Removed: The accompanying consolidated financial statements
−Removed: do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
−Removed: Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: of December 31, 2019, there were no off-balance sheet transactions.
−Removed: The Company has not entered into any specialized financial
−Removed: agreements to minimize its investment risk, currency risk or commodity risk.
−Removed: Accounting Estimates and Policies
−Removed: preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts
−Removed: of expenses during the reporting period.
−Removed: assumptions about the future and other sources of estimation uncertainty that management has made at the end of the reporting
−Removed: period, that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, in the event that actual
−Removed: results differ from assumptions made, include, but are not limited to, the following:
−Removed: fair value of transactions involving common
−Removed: shares, assessment of the useful life and evaluation for impairment of intangible assets, valuation and impairment assessments
−Removed: on mineral properties, deferred contingent consideration, the reclamation liability, valuation of stock-based compensation, valuation
−Removed: of available-for-sale securities and valuation of long-term debt, HST and asset retirement obligations.
−Removed: Other areas requiring
−Removed: estimates include allocations of expenditures, depletion and amortization of mineral rights and properties.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
−Removed: information appears following Item 15 of this report and is included herein by reference
−Removed: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
+Added: Going Concern
+Added: The Company has incurred continuing losses from its operations
+Added: and as of December 31, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $11,087,459 and working capital of $162,375.
+Added: Since inception, the Company has met its liquidity requirements
+Added: principally through the issuance of notes and the sale of its common shares.
+Added: The Company’s ability to continue its operations and to
+Added: pay its obligations when they become due is contingent upon the Company obtaining additional financing.
+Added: Management’s plans
+Added: include seeking to procure additional funds through debt and equity financings, to secure regulatory approval to fully utilize
+Added: its Kinetic Separation and to initiate the processing of ore to generate operating cash flows.
+Added: There are no assurances that the Company will be able to raise
+Added: capital on terms acceptable to the Company or at all, or that cash flows generated from its operations will be sufficient to meet
+Added: its current operating costs and required debt service.
+Added: If the Company is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital,
+Added: it may be required to reduce the scope of its planned product development, which could harm its financial condition and operating
+Added: results, or it may not be able to continue to fund its ongoing operations.
+Added: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
+Added: ability to continue as a going concern to sustain operations for at least one year from the issuance of the accompanying financial
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
+Added: of these uncertainties.
+Added: Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, there were no off-balance sheet transactions.
+Added: The Company has not entered into any specialized financial agreements to minimize its investment risk, currency risk or commodity
+Added: Critical Accounting Estimates and
+Added: The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires
+Added: management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the
+Added: date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
+Added: Significant assumptions about the future and other sources of
+Added: estimation uncertainty that management has made at the end of the reporting period, that could result in a material adjustment
+Added: to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, in the event that actual results differ from assumptions made, include, but
+Added: are not limited to, the following:
+Added: fair value of transactions involving common shares, assessment of the useful life and evaluation
+Added: for impairment of intangible assets, valuation and impairment assessments on mineral properties, deferred contingent consideration,
+Added: the reclamation liability, valuation of stock-based compensation, valuation of available-for-sale securities and valuation of long-term
+Added: debt, HST and asset retirement obligations.
+Added: Other areas requiring estimates include allocations of expenditures, depletion and
+Added: amortization of mineral rights and properties.
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
+Added: DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: Not applicable.
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
+Added: This information appears following Item 17 of this report and
+Added: is included herein by reference.
+Added: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
+Added: WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
+Added: Not applicable.
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